humanistic approach ao3 Flashcards
Nevis-cultural bias
Different versions success and thus different understandings of what to self actual is e sample is for its call eastern r cultures group success impor - want than an indivals su self actualisation is Eurocentric.
Strength of humanistic approach-non reductionist
Online other approaches lg behaviourist explaining learning humans by basic stimuli and response unit using animals or cognitive approach seeing human mind as computer line machine humanistic approach holistic reject is view an breaking up behaviour to components instead uses idea that subjective experience can only understood by cardsidering whole person
Strength of humanistic positive view an behaviour
Shown to have contributed to effective treatment of depression and stress. Freud saw humans as prisoners of - past humans is focuses whilst on present their free will its praised for bringing positive idea o human image sayingwe ave self determine active agents
Weakness of humanistic - approach less scientific and unfalsifiable
Less impactful practical application compared with other approaches like the biological approach the approach is critics for abstract ideas and that its notcomprehensive enough eg: biographical analysis method of finding qualatres of someone who is self actualised was done on small sample a while males generally thus reducing its validity however rogerian therapy and Maslow nireachyhas been used in schools and in war place to explain motivation.